[pct-l] What's your trail name? Is there a story behind it?

[saskiadaru at xs4all.nl (Saskia Daru)]

Hi Paul,

I know where you're coming from. My trail name is Sauce. My name is Saskia,
but my friends call me Sas. That is NOT pronounced as Sauce, but everyone in
the US kept calling me that. It stuck. The right pronunciation is somewhere
between 'sassy' and 'saucy'... :-)

Saskia

> From: Paul Magnanti <pmags@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: pmags@yahoo.com
> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:22:52 -0800 (PST)
> To: PCT MailingList <pct-l@backcountry.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] What's your trail name? Is there a story behind it?
> 
> Look at my last name.Try to pronounce it.Thought so.
> :D
> 
> That is why almost everyone in my family, since at
> least my grandfather, has had a nickname of Mags.
> 
> Dom Mags
> Steve Mags
> Paul Mags
> Joey Mags
> Steve Mags 
> 
> and often just plain "MAGS"
> 
> Makes us sound like extras from some bad movie based
> in Brooklyn, but also makes it easier for people to
> pronounce the name. And a 80+ yr old family nick name
> makes a wonderful trail name.
> 
> 
> (BTW: It was originally pronounced Mon-nyan-tee, like
> lasagna. It has been Americanizsd to rhyme w/
> bag-fan-tea. Take your pic...)